Some of you may recall reading about the extractor issue I had with my 15-22 in another post on this forum. At the range after several FTFeed and FTE I noticed that my extractor was no longer on the bolt. 
Gone again, as this extractor was replaced about two weeks earlier at the retailer, Gander Mountain for the same problem. At that time GM took the parts out of a new gun in inventory to fix mine.
Instead of going back to GM I called S&W and got a return shipping label emailed to me. Sent it out on a Monday, and exactly two weeks later got it back.
Yesterday (Wednesday) was the first day I could go to the range and shoot it. I did absolutely nothing to the gun after getting it back from S&W as far as cleaning or anything else. I proceeded to run 300 rounds of Federal Bulk Pack (Wally World) ammo using 11 different magazines thru the rifle. (One can not have too many magazines
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Not one issue. No FTF, FTE or problems of any kind.
This gun is a hoot to shoot when it functions as intended. I do find that if I take my time loading the magazines and tap the end of the mag I am loading on the range bench, my knee, or palm of my hand to ensure the ammo is loaded correctly, that feeding problems are much less likely to occur.
Thanks S&W for the timely turnaround on the fix. And the two free magazines that you sent back with the rifle are much appreciated.
One other note, S&W made no mention of the threaded barrel and flash suppressor that was on my rifle. I really did not expect the mod to be an issue, as that in no way made the extractor fail. Had the end of the barrel blown off, I would not have expected S&W to fix it under warranty.
Gone again, as this extractor was replaced about two weeks earlier at the retailer, Gander Mountain for the same problem. At that time GM took the parts out of a new gun in inventory to fix mine.Instead of going back to GM I called S&W and got a return shipping label emailed to me. Sent it out on a Monday, and exactly two weeks later got it back.
Yesterday (Wednesday) was the first day I could go to the range and shoot it. I did absolutely nothing to the gun after getting it back from S&W as far as cleaning or anything else. I proceeded to run 300 rounds of Federal Bulk Pack (Wally World) ammo using 11 different magazines thru the rifle. (One can not have too many magazines
)Not one issue. No FTF, FTE or problems of any kind.
This gun is a hoot to shoot when it functions as intended. I do find that if I take my time loading the magazines and tap the end of the mag I am loading on the range bench, my knee, or palm of my hand to ensure the ammo is loaded correctly, that feeding problems are much less likely to occur.
Thanks S&W for the timely turnaround on the fix. And the two free magazines that you sent back with the rifle are much appreciated.
One other note, S&W made no mention of the threaded barrel and flash suppressor that was on my rifle. I really did not expect the mod to be an issue, as that in no way made the extractor fail. Had the end of the barrel blown off, I would not have expected S&W to fix it under warranty.
